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I'm thinking about buying a four wheeler. I haven't decided what brand yet, but I need one. Well I guess I don't need one, but I want one. Makes winter so much better. And then It gunna have a lot of off road fun this summer as well! Any of you guys four wheel or dirt bike or any thing like that?

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I ride/race dirtbike. Started when I was 9 and have been doing it for 12yrs. Its fun and an easy way to calm the need for speed I have.

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I know what you mean. I used to dirt bike, but I also rode my friends. I had a four wheeler but I ran it into a fence like the genius I am, so that kind of ended that. But I want one again.

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I have been fiending for another dirt bike. I've been kinda looking for a CR250, YZ250, RM250, KX250....well, you get the picture. Last Christmas I had a blast on my brother's four wheeler in the snow. I've never been much for four wheelers but I'm sure thinking about a Raptor...and the new 700 Raptor? Oh yeah, I could hurt myself on that.

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Haha, ohhh yah. I'm looking around for them, I don't know its just nuts how much I would end up spending on one. But I want one anyways. Not sure yet where I will put it. But you know. I've been looking at a Polaris Sportsman 400 which would be great if I could handle it, and afford it.

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I'll stick to my horses.

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Hell of a fun ride to be one of your firends.

On a side note I wouldn't mind an ATV but's I love Jet skis more!

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Just wrong man, just plain wrong.

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For winter theres nothing more fun that a snowmobile. I have a 1997 Yamaha 600SX- studded... blah blah.

A 4Wheeler is more practical though for all year fun. The winters here are getting way too weak for snowmobiling. We keep them at our cabin in WI where there is a bit more snow than here.

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I have had either a three wheeler or a four wheeler since I was about 6 years old and many many dirt bikes as well. I now have a 2002 Honda 400 Foreman 4x4, it has the big tire and wheel kit on it (28X10.5). And for the winter I put the stock tired and rims on it with cleated chains on all four tires. It actually goes really good in the snow unless you get it hung up.

But I have to agree with Peter, snowmobiling is a more fun winter sport if you can find snow. I actually just bought a new sled a few minutes ago, well its not new but different. I currently have a 99 Ski Doo MXZ 700 and a 1996 Artic Cat 440Z, and I just bought a 1999 Polaris XC600. I think I am selling the Ski Doo though since I don't need three of these things. And I like the Polaris more since its a fucking rocket ship compared to that heavy ass Ski Doo.

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Exatcly. I love to snow mobile, but I love four wheeling and I can do that all yr round. Dont get me wrong, I would like a snowmobile, but that requires snow.

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Ahhh you just have to go and find it, there is always the UP of Mighigan which isn't to far away and the North Shore of Lake Superior and Hayward ect.

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Nice choice on the 99 XC600, thats what my dad rides. It consistently pulls away from new 700 Polaris's, MXZ's, and pretty much anything and all it has is some minor clutching changes that I have no idea about. All I know is it does about 105mph and is fun as all hell from 20-100mph, goes like hell.

I have been snowmobiling since I was like 2yrs old. When me and Santa (Kevin) were like 6 or 7 or something, we got a Kiddy Kat given to us for pretty much an entire winter. We rode the piss out of that sled forever, and thats how we learned to build jumps, go up onto one ski, "drift" ect..... Funnest time of my life possibly, god was that fun.

Then I got a beater 1980 Yamaha Enticer 300, and we managed to thrash the shit out of that for like 4 years, and I mean thrash the shit out of it. Go off big jumps, go ditch banging, do pretty much anything the new big sleds could do. We managed to tear the track, and we got a new one. The sled still runs like brand new, and probably has to have 25,000 miles on it by now or so.

Then I got my current sled, a "beater" 1987 Yamaha Exciter 570. It ran really really well for a few years, it could beat quite a few sled's when it didn't bog after the first 30mph. For the past 2yrs it has had a problem that I cant yet figure out how to Diagnose. It isn't a carb issue, but doesnt seem to be a clutch issue either. When you let off the gas, the sled tends to bog down and want to die, or does die. I plan on getting it fixed before this winter, because I want to finish beating the fuck out of that sled too.

My dad has been a die hard polaris guy for a while now.

1990 Indy 500 (Best sled ever made? I think so)
1994 XLT 600 with the XTRA12 rear suspension
1999 XC 600, his current sled, which he loves. I have yet to find any snowmobiles that handle better then the polaris CRC system, it just feels like it is on rails. The motors in them also just pull so smoothly its crazy. Only problem is the track tends to come out easily, which I love, but he doesnt like constantly having to correct his course going around a sweeping turn.

After school I will definitely be getting probably a 2002 XC 700 or something, because quite frankly, I don't want anything faster.

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I don't know much about snowmobiles in general, I just have fun riding them. I've never owned one, I've always ridden my friends ones. But I had a four wheeler, a small one. I just want one small enough for me to handle, but big enough to be able to ride it like hella fun ;)

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4 wheeler... dirt bikes... These all cost money.

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So do DSM's... Whats your point?

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Yah... Whats your point. I have two jobs now, I'm not as broke as I was. Well I still am broke, just not as broke.

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Funny, i was thinking the same thing... Bad Jakey...

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Yeah the XC sleds really haul some ass. I can verify that the XC 600 I bought will pull away from my 99 MXZ 700 like its standing still. But your right about the ass end sliding out all the time due to its low weight and tremendous power band. Time for some studs before it snows.

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You can find decent ATVs for fairly cheap these days. And they are cheap to insure and you can use them all year around, not a bad investment for entertainment. Definetly cheaper than owning a modded DSM thats for sure.

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XC 600's are pretty fast. I had a 98 when I was 13. Fun sled but I perfer somthing with a Suspension now..... My 2000 XC 440 edge race sled was a pile of shit. My 02 Prox 440L was nice and I rarely lost a hole shot. My PRO X 02 440F was slow but a nice rider In trails. And my 03 Prox 440 was fun to press the Dragon button while getting ready to line up. And my Prox 800 mod was nuts. If the snow was packed the sled would go over backwards. My 73 650 starfire racer hit 110 in a 1000 ft. And my 73 292 mod sled hit 55 in 1000 lol.
Im a sled freek... well I use to be... I have been in snow week a couple times.
But that is all in the past now.
:D

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U wanna go fast, get a RX-1 turbo HAHA. Me and alec watched a damn firecat F7 run a 10.68 or whatever at the rock last saturday, the new sled designs may be slighty funny looking, but their performance is far from sketchy.

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Yea the new kits they have out there for the Rx-1 are nuts... Pulling 300+hp out of those things is crazy.

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=398

Rx-1 ever since it came out is my dream sled... Ive always been a yamaha fan and despised polaris ;) haha

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You can insure them? What kinda insurance are you talking about?

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If you wreck it, blow the motor or do something that would cost a lot of money to fix... You can get insurance on it to help with those costs. Well worth it in my opinion.

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My parents have our on their homeowners insurance somehow I would have to ask them. But for an example, my dad hit a pipe from a sign that was underwater a few years back and tore his rear end right apart and exposed all the gears. This was on a 2000 Honda Fourtrax 4x4. The damage was about 1700 dollars and the insurance covered it just as if it were a car.

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If I do end up selling the Glorified, a cheap vehicle is to come. Actually I probably won't even buy a car right away, since I have the Mazdarati :cool: But a ATV will for sure be on its way. A cheap one, mind you. Like Craig said, it's cheap and it's a good investment for having fun. Better than sitting around my house all the time in the winter!

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BS.. I know Alec still craves the sled!